Silver Spring, Md. and Los Angeles – Discovery Communications and Hulu today announced an expansive new agreement for the distribution of titles from Discovery’s unparalleled portfolio of programming available to U.S. Hulu subscribers. Popular programs, including MYTHBUSTERS, THE LITTLE COUPLE, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, TREEHOUSE MASTERS, HOW IT’S MADE and HOMICIDE HUNTER, will debut on Hulu beginning in January 2015. Hulu also will gain exclusive subscription video-on-demand rights to Discovery Channel’s hit series DEADLIEST CATCH.

The first-ever long-form content partnership between Discovery and Hulu features programming from multiple networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, Destination America and original Spanish-language content from Discovery en Español – bringing the best of Discovery Communications, the #1 pay-TV programmer in the world, to Hulu subscribers.

“Discovery Communications is proud to partner with Hulu on this fantastic new agreement,” said Rebecca Glashow, Senior Vice President of Digital Distribution and Partnerships, Discovery Communications. “Hulu’s offering is as compelling for viewers as it is for programming partners, with a rich, brand-friendly environment to showcase both the strong lineup of Discovery content available on Hulu, as well as our world-class linear TV brands. We are delighted with this partnership and the opportunity it affords to connect with new audiences and build viewership for our networks across platforms.”

“As we expand our offering of premium content, we look for compelling titles that will appeal to our broad audience,” said Craig Erwich, Senior Vice President and Head of Content, Hulu. “This new agreement with Discovery Communications enhances our catalog of high-quality programming in a variety of genres, including some of the most popular unscripted series on television today.”

Programming from across the Discovery Communications portfolio will become available to stream on Hulu with a Plus subscription beginning January 1, 2015.

About Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity, engaging and entertaining viewers with high-quality content on worldwide television networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery and Science, as well as U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Discovery also controls Eurosport International, a premier sports entertainment group, including six pay-TV network brands across Europe and Asia. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, including an award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and a digital leader with a diversified online portfolio, including Discovery Digital Networks. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.

About Hulu

Hulu is a premium streaming TV destination that seeks to captivate and connect viewers with the stories they love by creating amazing experiences that celebrate the best of entertainment and technology. As we pursue this mission, we strive to continue to redefine and reinvent the TV-viewing experience.

–An All-New Episode of HOW IT’S MADE World Premieres Thursday, June 5 at 9 PM ET/PT–

(Silver Spring, Md.) – Science Channel’s fan favorite HOW IT’S MADE is teaming up with NASCAR, America’s premier motorsports organization, to give viewers an inside look at how NASCAR’s new Gen-6 race car bodies are made. On Thursday, June 5 at 9 PM ET/PT,HOW IT’S MADE visits Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, N.C. as the 11-time Sprint Cup Series champions build out a Chevrolet SS designed to compete at NASCAR’s top level.

When NASCAR arrived in Daytona to kick off the 2013 season each Sprint Cup Series car sported an entirely different look from 2012. Manufacturer identity had returned to NASCAR, and was on display during the 2013 Daytona 500. The Gen-6 car put the “stock” back into stock car racing as each manufacturer featured unique body styles that resembled the cars being sold on its showroom floors. Gen-6, now in its second season, was an instant hit with fans and drivers. After 12 races in 2014, the Gen-6 car continues to provide close competition week in and week out.

For 12 seasons and more than 300 episodes viewers have flocked to Science Channel’s HOW IT’S MADE to explore how many of the everyday objects or products we seldom stop to think about are made. From hockey pucks and hand saws to drill bits and frozen French fries, HOW IT’S MADE offers fans a first-hand look at how these deceptively simple objects are constructed. Thousands of humdrum items are put to good use on a daily basis, but it’s easy to overlook how things like aluminum ladders, firefighter helmets, matches and engine blocks are constructed. HOW IT’S MADE visits dozens of assembly lines where raw materials become finished products right before the viewers’ eyes. In each episode of the series, viewers will are amazed to see how many common items are manufactured in high-tech factories around the world. HOW IT’S MADE airs Thursday nights at 9 PM ET/PT.

–Science Channel’s Popular Manufacturing Series HOW IT’S MADE Named Official Program Partner for Event on October 4, 2013–

(Silver Spring, Md.) – Today Science Channel was named the official media sponsor for the second-annual Manufacturing Day, a broad-based grassroots effort created to drive public awareness of the American manufacturing industry and manufacturing careers. The network’s popular manufacturing series, HOW IT’S MADE, was named official program partner for the event, which takes place on October 4, 2013.

Manufacturing Day 2013 will feature several hundred manufacturers, educational institutions and other partners offering open houses, public tours, career workshops, and other activities to share the technology, ingenuity and innovation exemplified by American manufacturing. The event is co-produced by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), The Manufacturing Institute, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), and Industrial Strength Marketing (ISM).

“No other media outlet has done more to promote manufacturing than Science Channel. Through programming like HOW IT’S MADE the network has shown millions of viewers that manufacturing is fascinating, high-tech and offers the opportunity for a great career,” said Ed Youdell, President and CEO of FMA. “With Science Channel’s help we hope to build on the success of last year’s event, which featured more than 240 events in manufacturing facilities in 37 states with more than 7,000 people participating. Manufacturing Day will continue to inform and inspire new audiences with a look behind the scenes at American manufacturing.”

“Science Channel is honored to participate in Manufacturing Day, as the promotion of science, engineering and technology is at the core of everything that we do,” said Debbie Adler Myers, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Science Channel. “HOW IT’S MADE has been one of our most popular franchises for years, exposing huge audiences to the art and genius of manufacturing – and on October 4, viewers will have the chance to experience HOW IT’S MADE ‘live’ in their own backyards. As the official media partner for Manufacturing Day we’ll eagerly spread the word about this fantastic event in the hopes of inspiring some individuals to consider careers in the industry.”

Science Channel will support Manufacturing Day across its portfolio, including the cable network, ScienceChannel.com, and various social media platforms. This promotion will be headlined by visibility on the event’s program partner, HOW IT’S MADE. Through 11 seasons, nearly 300 episodes and more than a thousand products, Science Channel’s HOW IT’S MADE has connected viewers with the surprising world of manufacturing by revealing how many of the everyday items are made. Millions of viewers have enjoyed learning how common products – such as toothpaste, hot sauce, pipes, luxury sports cars, rock climbing gear, whiskey, razor blades, telescopes, paper towels, alloy wheels, and many more – are manufactured in state-of-the-art factories across America and around the world.

New episodes of HOW IT’S MADE air Thursdays at 9 PM ET/PT on Science Channel. The network will have a special day-long Memorial Day HOW IT’S MADE marathon on Monday, May 27, 2013.

(New York, N.Y.) — On the heels of the most successful year and quarter in network history, SCIENCE takes a bold step toward the future by unveiling its 2012–2013 Upfront slate in New York today. The network, which broke ratings records in 2011, continued its momentum by posting its most-watched first quarter ever in 2012. One of cable’s fastest-growing networks, SCIENCE will be in more than 80 million homes in 2013.

SCIENCE’s 2012–2013 Upfront slate is a combination of audacious world premiere entertainment, returning hit franchises and special event programming. Highlighting the new arrivals is THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, hosted and executive produced by acclaimed actor James Woods. This world premiere series forecasts future game-changing advances in science and technology that will impact the world as we know it. The critically acclaimed THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN returns for a mind-blowing fourth season, investigating the most provocative and mysterious questions confronting mankind. The all new series HOW THE EARTH WORKS takes a magnifying glass to the violent, explosive and ever-changing planet that we call home. Finally, Ricky Gervais and his partner Karl Pilkington will return in an all-new project.

“SCIENCE is the home of smart, lean-forward entertainment that’s unafraid to question everything,” said Debbie Adler Myers, executive vice president and general manager of SCIENCE. “Today we are presenting a slate of programming that is diverse, provocative and completely engrossing. The new and returning titles on SCIENCE will continue to delight our core viewers while continuing to bring audiences to the network.”

Other returning favorites include those addictive favorites, HOW IT’S MADE and HOW DO THEY DO IT? Backyard engineers are back and better than ever with SCI SPORTS specials PUNKIN CHUNKIN 2012 and LARGE DANGEROUS ROCKET SHIPS (LDRS). Finally, the cult sensation series ODDITIES will conclude its third successful season this summer, paving the way for the eagerly awaited spinoffs, ODDITIES: SAN FRANCISO and ODD FOLKS HOME later in 2012.

Full listing of programming below:

4Q 2012

ODD FOLKS HOME

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Ever wonder about what the homes of clientele seen on ODDITIES must look like? Follow everyone’s favorite Obscura regular, Edgar, as he explores the humble abodes of some of the store’s most bizarre customers.

PUNKIN CHUNKIN 2012

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Each year, 120 teams of backyard engineers converge in Bridgeville, Del., for the annual Punkin Chunkin World Championships. These competitors unleash their homebuilt air cannons, trebuchets, catapults, human-powered, centrifugal and torsion machines and take aim at the coveted title of world’s farthest chunk.

HOW DO THEY DO IT? SEASON 6

(10×30)

Do you ever wonder how they brew beer, recycle airplanes or rescue submarines? Or how about how people work in 600-degree heat, find and defuse bombs, or make Swiss cheese? This series shows you how all of that is done and more.

HOW ITS MADE: SEASON 11

Have you ever wondered how things are made? From adhesive bandages to contact lenses, find out how many of the things we use every day become what they are.

SURVIVING ZOMBIES

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From the wild mountain town of Missoula, Mont., deep in an industrial complex of warehouses and garages, three buddies and sword-fighting aficionados are on a quest. They’re dedicated to surviving a future world dominated by the living dead… zombies. “Zorro,” Joey and Chris own and operate a blade-making business, Zombie Tools, crafting hard-core swords, machetes and throwing knives for ultimate flesh-slashing, living dead destruction. If you’re prepared for the zombie apocalypse, you’re prepared for anything.

HOUSE OF TORMENT

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HOUSE OF TORMENT is a frighteningly fun ride through the country’s biggest, scariest and most innovative haunted house, located in the cool mecca of Austin, Texas. In this one-hour Halloween special, viewers will get an inside look at the ingenuity and creativity that drives the colorful cast of ghouls, not to mention carpenters, electricians, painters and artists who, every year, build a new and horrifying experience guaranteed to terrify thousands of visitors.

HORIZON: TRANSIT OF VENUS

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At 23:50 Greenwich Mean Time on June 5, 2012, a rare astronomical event called the Transit of Venus will take place in our solar system. It will not occur again in our lifetimes, or in the lifetimes of our children or even our grandchildren. It won’t occur again for another 150 years. But this event is far more than just a historical curiosity. It has enabled us to answer some of the most profound questions we can ask about life on our planet and about the far reaches of outer space. Three expert female presenters bring a unique and fresh perspective to this incredible story.

HORIZON: NASA’S MISSION TO MARS

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover is the biggest and most powerful ever launched. It is a mobile lab, packed with diverse scientific equipment, intended to answer the big question: Is Mars a suitable environment for life? HORIZON tells the story of this unique journey of scientific discovery, which could change the way we think about the iconic red planet. NASA’s previous research has already revealed that this frozen desert world of towering volcanoes and polar ice caps bears more resemblance to Earth than we’d ever thought possible.

1Q 2013

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

(6×60)

Every episode of THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING will look at one idea or discovery that will critically alter life as we know it: Synthetic Biology, Predictive Analytics, Habitable Planets, Nano Technology. What’s happening in these game-changing fields? What does it mean for us? SCIENCE and critically acclaimed actor James Woods take viewers on a journey to reveal these world-changing breakthroughs and their implications for the future. Woods will ask the big questions, ignite debate and reveal a stunning image of the future.

Are We Alone? Monthlong stunt

(TBD)

SCIENCE, in partnership with SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence), asks the question, are we alone in the universe? Through a collection of themed specials, we explore this question with some of the brightest minds in this field today. How likely is it that there is other life out there, and what are the implications if there is?

HOW THE EARTH WORKS

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Hosts Liz Bonin and Martin Pepper set out on explorations of some of the most provocative questions facing earth science today. They’ll get down and dirty to find out how geologic events in Hawaii could wipe out LA. Could another volcanic eruption in Iceland shut down our airways? Could the continued growth of Mt. Everest start World War III? In their search for answers, they’ll reveal how the Earth works.

INSECT AUTOPSY

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This dissection spectacular takes anatomy to the micro-level. Our team strips back the exoskeleton to reveal how insects work—and discover the hidden blueprint behind their global domination. With more than a million named species surviving the rigors of over 400 million years of evolution, insects are the supreme innovators of the animal world. We reveal what makes bugs tick, and demonstrate how science is now using the extraordinary findings from the insect testing ground to inspire technology that is transforming our world.

ODDITIES: SEASON 4

(14×30)

For more than a decade, the East Village’s iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City’s foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre—and often shocking—artifacts. Now the subject of SCIENCE’s hit series ODDITIES, the Big Apple’s epicenter of the eccentric brings even weirder, more bizarre sales to screen from the East Coast’s Mecca of the Macabre.

2Q 2013

STRIP THE CITY

(5×60)

STRIP THE CITY uses stunning CGI animation and expedition-driven actuality to strip major cities naked of their steel, concrete, air, ocean and bedrock—layer by layer, act by act—to explore their hidden infrastructure and solve key mysteries surrounding their origins, geology, archaeology, industry, weather and engineering. Each episode will home in on six iconic features of each city. Each icon, ranging from man-made skyscrapers and metro systems to natural dunes and lakes, will take us a layer deeper into the city.

THE EXPERIMENTERS

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No longer limited to conventional laboratories, science is taking to the streets, backyards and parks as amateur and professional scientists around the world are conducting extraordinary experiments and posting their exploits on YouTube. Scientists are now trying to improve on experiments they see posted online, and competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger, bolder and better. THE EXPERIMENTERS will delve into this fascinating world, finding and celebrating amazing online clips and explaining the wonderful science behind them.

WORLD’S WEIRDEST

(8×60)

Dig below the surface of the world we know and love and you’ll find it is often a weird place, with gruesome discoveries, freaky experiments and shocking stories. In this series, viewers are not only shown the weirdest stuff but will be given the lowdown on exactly why it’s weird. Using a combination of real footage, reconstruction and eyewitness reports, this series will examine some of the world’s strangest things and uncover the real stories behind them.

STORY OF THE CONTINENTS

(4×60)

Across the Earth, there are traces of a mysterious, long-lost world. In this four-part series featuring some of the world’s foremost experts in palaeogeography, botany and zoology, viewers follow a trail of clues through a land that no longer exists—the long-lost supercontinent of Pangaea. Our trail follows the clues from north to south across Pangaea, but also across all seven of today’s continents, piecing together 250 million years of planetary history.

3Q 2013

WHAT IS THAT?

(10×30)

The addictive show that leaves viewers guessing just what they’re watching. Each half-hour episode includes five stand-alone segments that use specialty cameras and innovative filming techniques to capture incredible and curiosity-piquing images.

CONQUERERS

(4×60)

Sometimes they come at night, sometimes by day. They eat, they kill and they lay waste to the land. They are not from here. They’re not even human. Sounds like the plot of an old horror film? In many ways, it is. In a science and wildlife collection, we will look at these fascinating animals in order to understand the causes behind the transformation of these creatures, how they modify their behavior and social organization, leading to their domination of newly colonized territories and endangering native species.

LARGE DANGEROUS ROCKET SHIPS 2012

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Argonia, Kan., hosts the 2012 Large Dangerous Rocket Competition, drawing competitors and fans from around the country. Mythbuster Kari Byron (TBD) takes viewers up close as competitors compete in the Odd Rocket and Fastest to 10,000 Feet competitions. What began in 1981 as a small gathering among like-minded friends has grown into a major event for rocket enthusiasts of all ages. This fast-paced, explosive, one-hour special will show you rockets like you’ve never seen them before.

About SCIENCE:

SCIENCE, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), is home for the thought provocateur, the individual who is unafraid to ask the killer questions of “how” and “why not.” The network is a playground for those with audacious intellects and features programming willing to go beyond imagination to explore the unknown. Guided by curiosity, SCIENCE looks for innovation in mysterious new worlds as well as in its own backyard. SCIENCE and the SCIENCE HD simulcast reach more than 68 million U.S. households. The network also features high-traffic online and social media destinations, including ScienceChannel.com, facebook.com/Science Channel